A maintained, in-browser DashWare alternative — with a real map
DashWare was a popular free telemetry-overlay tool, but GoPro stopped updating it after 2017, it's Windows-only, and it never had a real in-app map — just a track line you'd layer over a manual map screenshot. dashcamigo is the maintained, in-browser alternative for dashcam footage: it reads the GPS off the card and shows a live, keyless map with a speed and G-force chart. For building custom gauge overlays, though, DashWare's editor is still a different kind of tool.
Open your recordingsWhat is DashWare?
DashWare, acquired by GoPro in 2015, is a free Windows telemetry-overlay editor: you bring a video plus a separate data log (GPS, heart-rate, RPM) and it burns 100+ customizable gauges onto the footage. Its gauge editor and broad data-logger support were its strength. But development stopped at version 1.9.1 in 2017 — it's unmaintained, Windows-only (Mac needs a virtual machine), it doesn't read embedded GPS from consumer dashcams (the video is just a background layer), and it even fails to extract GPS from newer GoPro models. Its "map" is a 2D track line with no map tiles; DashWare's own FAQ tells you to screenshot Google or Bing and layer it manually.
DashWare vs dashcamigo
DashWare and dashcamigo do different jobs, but for viewing dashcam footage with a map, here's how they line up.
| dashcamigo | DashWare | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Still maintained | Actively developed | Abandoned since 2017 |
| Runs on Mac, Linux & mobile | Any modern browser | Windows-only (Mac via a VM) |
| How you run it | In the browser | Desktop install (.exe) |
| Reads dashcam GPS off the card | Automatically | Needs a separate data file |
| Live map | Keyless, built in | No live map — track line + manual screenshot |
| Custom gauge overlays | Speed, GPS, mini-map | 100+ gauges + editor |
DashWare's strength was its gauge editor and 100+ customizable gauges for action-sports and racing creators, fed from data loggers (GPS, heart-rate, RPM, lap timers). If you have that kind of workflow, are on Windows, and don't mind unmaintained software, its overlay editor still does things dashcamigo doesn't. dashcamigo isn't a gauge-authoring tool — it's a maintained, in-browser dashcam viewer that reads embedded GPS and shows a real live map, which is exactly what DashWare never had.
Switching to dashcamigo
- Take the SD card out of the dashcam and plug it into your computer.
- Open dashcamigo.app in any modern browser.
- Drag the whole SD-card folder onto the page — it detects, groups and plays.
FAQ
Is DashWare still updated?
No. GoPro stopped updating DashWare after version 1.9.1 in 2017; it's effectively abandoned and even fails to read GPS from newer GoPro cameras. dashcamigo is actively developed.
Does dashcamigo do telemetry overlays like DashWare?
Partly. dashcamigo can burn a speed, coordinates and mini-map overlay onto an exported clip, but it doesn't have DashWare's 100+ custom gauges or its gauge editor. It focuses on reading and showing dashcam GPS on a live map and chart, which DashWare can't do off a dashcam card.
Why does DashWare have no map?
By design — DashWare never embedded a live map (its FAQ cites map-API licensing cost) and only draws a 2D track line; to get a map background you have to screenshot Google or Bing and layer it manually. dashcamigo has a real, interactive, keyless map (MapLibre + OpenFreeMap) built in.
Does it run on Mac or in the browser?
dashcamigo runs in any modern browser on Windows, macOS, Linux and mobile. DashWare is Windows-only; on a Mac it needs a Windows virtual machine.
Will my footage be uploaded?
No. dashcamigo reads and decodes your files locally in the browser — nothing is uploaded. DashWare is also local; both keep your footage on your machine.